diff --git a/github-linguist.gemspec b/github-linguist.gemspec
index 0b868e78..ab5f35f1 100644
--- a/github-linguist.gemspec
+++ b/github-linguist.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name    = 'github-linguist'
-  s.version = '2.9.8'
+  s.version = '2.9.9'
   s.summary = "GitHub Language detection"
 
   s.authors  = "GitHub"
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.6.6'
   s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '>= 0.3.1'
   s.add_dependency 'mime-types',      '~> 1.19'
-  s.add_dependency 'pygments.rb',     '~> 0.5.2'
-  
+  s.add_dependency 'pygments.rb',     '~> 0.5.4'
+
   s.add_development_dependency 'json'
   s.add_development_dependency 'mocha'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'